Re: Heads-up: deprecating python-pytest-runner

[Michel Lind]

On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 09:15:29AM -0500, Ben Beasley wrote:
> I agree with the plan, but I wanted to note that deprecating a package that
> other packages depend on requires a FESCo-approved Change[1].
>
> (It is weird that the deprecation policy is so much more bureaucratic than
> the retirement policy. By comparison, I don’t know of any policy that would
> forbid summarily retiring a package that others depend on. It’s a bad
> practice, and one might be asked to allow someone else to unretire and
> maintain the package if the consequences are bad enough, but I’ve never seen
> a blanket policy against it.)
>
> [1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/deprecating-packag...

You're right on both counts - I'll file a Change Proposal later today,
and if it did not get accepted I can unmark the package as deprecated
later.
> I opened PR’s (or in some cases committed directly) to remove the
> pytest-runner dependency from the following packages for which I am a direct
> or group/SIG co-maintainer, sending PR’s upstream where applicable.

Thank you!

Best regards,